Question 216 · LDEK · Precancerous lesions and neoplasms
Select the most appropriate diagnosis in a non-smoking 70-year-old woman with the following gingival lesions: over 5-year history of recurrent white, flat, slightly papillomatous lesions on both sides of the mandible that involve the free and attached gingiva:
- A. hyperplastic papillomatous leukoplakia.
- B. white sponge nevus.
- C. leukokeratosis due to overbrushing.
- D. linear gingival erythema associated with not using HAART.
- E. desquamative gingivitis in the course of lichen planus.
Hint
An elderly non-smoking woman with recurrent, multifocal white gingival lesions turning papillary over years — think of an aggressive leukoplakia variant.
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